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By Rebecca Rowland | November 11, 2012

Students in Women's and Gender Studies 80, "Feminist Theory and Methodology," posted a petition online over the weekend conveying their frustration with what they perceive to be the College's anti-feminist culture.

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Ivy Council convenes for 13th annual meeting

By Ashley See | November 11, 2012

Over the weekend, Dartmouth's chapter of the Ivy Council an organization that includes representatives from Ivy League universities' student governments hosted the 13th annual Ivy Leadership Summit, which brings students together for keynote presentations, meetings and networking opportunities, according to Ivy Council President Nick Judson '14.

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‘Demo Day' highlights new apps

November 11, 2012

At the College's first "Demo Day," representatives from Mitosis Undergraduate Accelerator, a program started by Riley Ennis '15 and Matt Ross '15 to support young entrepreneurs at the College, and Barris Incubator Program, a platform for Tuck School of Business students to promote their business ventures, presented their companies' products and business plans to an audience of 120 undergraduates, Tuck and Thayer School of Engineering graduate students, faculty members and investors in Tuck's Borelli Classroom on Friday. Presentations included mobile phone applications currently under development, including SquareOne Mail, which provides users with an interface to solve email problems such as information overload and disorganization; SqrShare, which allows users to share their personal experiences through social network outlets; and Puddleworks, a digital gaming startup that incorporates news stories and current events topics into user-friendly games. Puddleworks uses "real world information to create rich gaming," such as "Peoplemon," a parody of the well-known "Pokemon," that allows animals to catch celebrities such as Charlie Sheen, according to co-founder Terrance Bei '13. "Through Demo Day, we want to help the ventures that we, Mitosis, have and that Tuck has," Ennis said.

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College is the only Ivy not spending to lobby

By Stephanie McFeeters | November 8, 2012

Preparation for the upcoming fiscal cliff and potential sequestration dominated the lobbying efforts of higher education institutions this year, according to National Association of Independent Colleges and Universities Director for Budget and Appropriations Stephanie Giesecke. Dartmouth was the only Ivy League school that did not officially spend money lobbying between Jan.

Professors Joseph Bafumi, Linda Fowler and Brendan Nyhan discussed the fiscal crisis and political polarization as issues dominating the post-election landscape.
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Professors debate economy, polarization

By Amelia Rosch | November 8, 2012

Nushy Golriz / The Dartmouth Staff The fiscal crisis and political polarization are among the most pressing challenges facing President Barack Obama after this week's election, a panel of Dartmouth professors said Thursday night at a lecture titled "What Now?

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Incident Team reacts to bigoted vandalism

By Amanda Young | November 8, 2012

Racist remarks written on campaign materials supporting President Barack Obama on the third floor of Brown Hall in the Choates residential cluster were reported to Office of Pluralism and Leadership Director Alysson Satterlund Wednesday after being discovered by the building's custodial staff.

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By Alec Tarantino | November 8, 2012

California residents voted against a $6-billion cut to public education spending and granted Democrats a supermajority in both houses of the state legislature in Tuesday's election, Inside Higher Ed reported.

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Greek organizations retain goal of cultural support

By Ashley Ulrich | November 8, 2012

*Editor's Note: This is the first article in a three-part series exploring diversity in College Greek organizations.**## While the majority of Panhellenic Council sororities and Inter-Fraternity Council fraternities have physical plants on Wheelock Street or Webster Avenue, for some, Greek life stretches beyond these clusters.

Inventor and founder of Singularity University Ray Kurzweil spoke Thursday about the future of technology and its potential implications for thought and education.
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Kurzweil discusses future of tech.

By Charles Rafkin | November 8, 2012

Nushy Golriz / The Dartmouth Staff The exponential curve plotting information technology's accelerating rate of development "doesn't look revolutionary, except it enables revolutions," inventor, theorist and futurist Ray Kurzweil said to an audience overflowing into adjacent rooms during his Thursday lecture in Filene Auditorium. Technology becomes smaller, smarter and cheaper at exponential rates, making substantial breakthroughs likely in the near future, Kurzweil said, citing historical trends in information technologies like computing, artificial intelligence and biomedical engineering. "It actually took 400 years for the printing press to reach a mass audience," Kurzweil said.

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Presidential candidates remain unclear

By Taylor Malmsheimer | November 7, 2012

Although professors would not speculate about specific candidates for the College's 18th president, most said that the new president should focus on the College's social atmosphere, specifically binge drinking, sexual assault and hazing.

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CGB changes focus for social events this term

By Lily Fagin | November 7, 2012

Collis Governing Board has not hosted dance parties or concerts this term, despite receiving increased funding from the Undergraduate Finance Committee in both 2010 and 2011 to provide more non-Greek social events on campus.

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Seniors continue career searching

By Rebecca Rowland | November 7, 2012

Cecelia Shao / The Dartmouth While seniors will continue to interview for post-graduation jobs through the Winter and Spring terms, students are also currently accepting offers they have found through Career Services' recruiting program.

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Daily Debriefing

By Laura Weiss | November 7, 2012

Maryland is the 13th state to pass the DREAM Act, a law that features a provision allowing undocumented immigrants to pay in-state tuition at state colleges, according to The Chronicle of Higher Education.

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Daily Debriefing

By Ashley See | November 6, 2012

Boston University was invited to join the Association ofAmerican Universities, a group of prestigious research universities, on Monday, The Chronicle of Higher Education reported.

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